On 4/20/07, James Ratcliff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Learning the English language (or whatever language) seems to really be the blocking point for most every AGI project I have heard of, and I would like to see a lot more interst and work done on that, even possibly before the overall structure of the rest of the AGI is concerned with, or at least a much mroe significant portion.
I just found an article by Chris Crawford that I remembered reading years ago, with a relevant quote: "In other words, any successful natural language processor must incorporate the same knowledge of the universe that the speaker possesses. Without that knowledge, natural language cannot be understood. I think we can all agree that giving a computer the same knowledge of the universe that a typical human possesses is a task beyond even our hubris at present. Until we can solve this problem, we have to dismiss the possibility of natural language user interfaces." http://www.erasmatazz.com/library/JCGD_Volume_9/Little_Languages.html Of course, Chris Crawford was wrong about one thing: some of us possess even more hubris than he does ^.^ ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=231415&user_secret=fabd7936
